Random word generator

Use it to start a word game, warm up a class, or break a writer's block. Pick how many words you want, from 1 to 10. Pick a kind: nouns, verbs, adjectives, or any word. Then pick a level. Easy words are the ones young children know, like cat and jump. Hard words are for older students and word lovers, like labyrinth and meticulous.

The words come from a list of 1,686 common English words that we chose and checked by hand. Each word has one kind and one level, and the list has no rude words. Next never repeats a word until the whole list for your options has come up.

One-word story

Draw 5 words. The group tells a story, one sentence each, and every sentence must use the next word.

Draw it

Draw 1 easy noun and show it to one player only. They draw it, and the others guess. The Pictionary word generator has words picked for drawing.

Act it out

Draw 1 verb. One player acts it out without a sound. For whole prompts, use the charades generator.

Vocabulary warm-up

Draw 3 hard words on the projector with Present. Students write what they think each word means, then check a dictionary. Use the random group generator to make the teams.